Perch Proshian ( hy, Պերճ Պռոշյան, Hovhannes Ter-Arakelian, ,
Ashtarak – 23 November 1907,
Baku
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) was an
Armenian writer.
Biography

Proshian was born in a tailor's family in
Ashtarak. His education included parish school (1849–52) and a short time in the palatial school of
Yerevan. In 1856 he finished the Nersisyan School of Tbilisi, where he formed his national-democratic views. After completing one year of education in
Tbilisi's palatial school, Proshian came back to
Ashtarak in 1857 and was appointed an inspector of the parish school.
In 1859, Proshian went to Tbilisi, where he taught at the Nersisyan School. From 1879 to 1881 had worked in
Ejmiatsin as teachers' inspector. In 1887 had returned to Tbilisi. He died in
Baku
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and was buried in the
Armenian Pantheon of Tbilisi
The Armenian Pantheon of Tbilisi, also known as Khojivank ( ka, ხოჯივანქი ''Khojivank'i''; hy, Խոջիվանք) or Khojavank ( hy, Խոջավանք), is an Armenian architectural complex in north-eastern part of Avlabari ...
.
Museum
The Museum of Pertch Proshian was founded in 1948, in
Ashtarak on the base of his father's house. Today in the museum are more than 2,000 exhibitions. The museum was restored in 2008.
Ողջունում ենք Ձեր մուտքը մեր կայք
. Charents Museum of Literature and Arts
See also
* Armenian literature
* Armenians in Tbilisi
*Nersisyan School
Nersisian School ( hy, Ներսիսեան դպրոց, ''Nersisian Dprots''; ka, ნერსისიანის სემინარია, ; russian: Нерсесяновское училище, translit=Nersisyanovskoye učilišče) was an A ...
References
1837 births
1907 deaths
People from Ashtarak
Armenian male poets
19th-century Armenian poets
Burials at Armenian Pantheon of Tbilisi
Nersisian School alumni
19th-century male writers
Armenian people from the Russian Empire
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